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COA urged to ask Lipana to resign or retire, amid alleged links to flood control anomalies
Party-list Representative Leila de Lima urged COA Chairperson Gabriel Cordova to discuss with Commissioner Mario Lipana the possibility of him resigning or retiring due to allegations linking him to anomalies in flood control projects.
Lipana is reportedly on a two-month medical leave from August 1 to October 31.
De Lima expressed concern that the issues surrounding Lipana could taint the credibility of the Commission on Audit (COA) as an independent fiscal watchdog.
Testimonies during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing implicated Lipana in a 25 percent commission scheme related to flood control projects.
Lipana's wife allegedly bagged nearly P200 million worth of flood control projects from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
Former Bulacan district engineer Henry Alcantara testified that Lipana asked for a list of flood control projects in Bulacan and inserted projects totaling over P1.4 billion across three years.
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